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unsteadiness of our marches up the Peninsula, and the short distance usually gained in a day, were owing to the badness of the roads- which were more wretched than any description can set forth- and to the positions of our corps a considerable distance towards the rear of the column- Thursday ( 29th ) we moved two miles further and remained till Saturday morning ( 31st ) when we changed camp to within a mile and a half of Seven Pines, when the opening of the battle at 2 P. M. found us.- The brigade was moved forward about 3 p.m. and took the position assigned to them to the right and the left of the line of railroad- advancing at intervals during the afternoon, but at no time directly in action, though part of the time exposed to the fire of the enemy.- At night the brigade occupied the extreme front, and the four let companies of our regiment-G,H,I & K under command of Capt. Pitcher, Acting Major -were sent out to the front as a picket on the railroad.- The battle closed with daylight and the night passed quietly till 7 A.M. Sunday ( June1 ) when a sudden and furious attack was made by the enemy ,from the roads to the left of the railroad at the point where our picket was stationed.- a brigade which had taken position there in the morning bearing the brunt of the onset- Capt Pitcher immediately took position on the railroad track with his command and opened fire - effectively checking the advance of the enemy,